This is not a repeat of last week's episode. This is not the episode of the show with Emily Nagoski,

where we talk about burnout. That was last week. It's also not the episode of the show from a while

back where we talked with Emily about sex. No, this episode does not feature Emily Nagoski at all.

Quit asking for Emily. She is not on this week. But after doing

the research for this episode, I did think of one key concept that Emily referenced last week.

Bubble of love. Not in the sense of a romantic evening listening to Don Ho music, but in the

sense of incrementalism.

It's depression mode. I'm John Moe. I'm glad you're here.

Tiny bubbles and wine. Make me happy

Make me feel fine

Tiny bubbles

Thank you to Don Ho

A sentence I never expected to say on this podcast

Or anywhere in life, really.

Emily said that bubbles of love, tiny bubbles, if you will, are a preventative against burnout

and maybe a remedy if you're experiencing it.

So instead of taking on the world, instead of trying to fix everything with one huge move by yourself, you find

little groups of people with whom you have affinity, little bubbles, and you make incremental

change. So it's not curing world hunger all on your own. It's getting with friends and neighbors,

having a fundraiser for a local food bank.

It's not single-handedly trying to achieve world peace, but educating yourself and others and talking about issues and seeing what you can do about them.

Bubbles of love.

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